The winless skid hit five games (0-3-2) after the Jets suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Canadiens on Sunday in the Heritage Classic in Winnipeg. The team took yesterday off to try to reset as they welcome the Panthers to town to conclude two games at home. Florida is coming off a 3-2 victory over Chicago two days back.
It’s been almost three weeks since Josh Morrissey sustained his injury so perhaps today we get an update on his week-to-week status. As well Vlad Namestnikov has been out close to two weeks with an injury that was also labelled as week-to-week.
While we expect the lines to look different once the skate gets underway, for now they look like how they started off in the Heritage Classic.
Skate news:
As expected some mixing and matching amongst the forwards and Salomonsson flips to the left side (can’t recall him doing that) and Clay Stevenson gets the goal.
Jets projected lines & D pairs:
Connor-Scheifele-Perfetti
Rosen-Lowry-Vilardi
Iafallo – Bjorck – Mercer
Koepke – Barron – Lambert
Samberg- Pionk
Salomonsson – DeMelo
Ferraro- Bauer
Stevenson
Panthers projected lines & D pairs:
Tkachuk – Bennett – Tkachuk
Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Vilmanis
Luostarinen – Lundell – Eller
Imama – Schwindt – Hathaway
Forsling – Ekblad
Mikkola – Jones
Kulikov – Gudas
Schmid
Black
Players media:
To follow.
Coach media:
To follow.
Odds:
The Jets head into tonight’s matchup against the Panthers with Florida holding a slight edge. Winnipeg will need a more complete effort against a team that has established itself as one of the NHL’s toughest opponents. Generating more quality scoring chances, capitalizing on opportunities with the man advantage and limiting costly mistakes will be key if the Jets hope to turn things around. For the latest Winnipeg Jets hockey odds, visit NHL betting site Betway.
Up Next:
Puck drop is at 7 PM CT. Be sure to head over to illegalcurve.com following the game for a recap of the action. You can join us on our YouTube channel for the Illegal Curve Post-Game Show around 9:40 PM CT as we discuss and analyze the results of the game.
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